Lott Cary Birth Site
For over two centuries this late-18th-century vernacular dwelling, sited in a farm field in Charles City County, has been recognized as the birthplace of Lott Cary (1780-1829), the first Black […]
Liberty Baptist Church
This rural site in Caroline County has been used for religious purposes since 1796, when the Liberty Baptist meeting erected a frame church here. For the first half of the […]
Newtown Historic District
Newtown originated in the late colonial period as a King & Queen County crossroads settlement on the Great Post Road that ran from Williamsburg to Philadelphia. Supporting a long succession […]
Stanton Family Cemetery
Started in 1853, the Stanton Family Cemetery is a very rare surviving burying ground established by free blacks prior to the Civil War. The Stantons were one of the few […]
Saint Paul’s College
The Saul Building, Principal’s Residence, and Memorial Chapel at Saint Paul’s College, in the Brunswick County seat of Lawrenceville, embody the growth of this pioneering, historically African American institution, from […]
Poplar Forest
“The best dwelling house in the state” is how Thomas Jefferson described his Bedford County hermitage of Poplar Forest. Begun in 1806 on land inherited from his wife, and completed […]
Cifax Rural Historic District
Centered around the tiny settlement of Cifax in a scenic area of Bedford County, the 1800-acre Cifax Rural Historic District defines a cultural landscape reflecting the region’s two-century agricultural history. […]
Bedford Historic Meeting House
The simple Greek Revival Bedford Historic Meeting House, built in 1838 as the first Methodist church in Liberty (now the town of Bedford), survives as the community’s oldest religious edifice. […]
Middlebrook Historic District
Nestled along Route 252 (the historic Middlebrook Road) in the Augusta County countryside south of the city of Staunton, Middlebrook is one of the oldest villages in the region. The […]
Augusta County Training School
Despite efforts to provide free public schooling for all Virginia children, racial segregation usually resulted in African American students receiving second-rate facilities. Augusta County was no exception. White students were […]